Firefly: The Game

Description

--- **Firefly: The Game** is a thematic board game where players captain Firefly-class ships, managing crew, upgrades, and risky jobs amid Alliance patrols and Reavers to fulfill story goals first. Key mechanics include: - *Ship travel* Players move between planets by playing "full burn" cards per space, risking Alliance encounters, breakdowns, or Reavers. - *Crew hiring* Recruit fighters, mechanics, and others via cards, with some illegal risking confiscation. - *Cargo and jobs* Acquire jobs and cargo as cards for cash rewards upon delivery, but illegal items can be seized if boarded. - *Ship upgrades* Purchase enhancements to improve capabilities. - *Risk management* Navigate double-dealing employers, patrols, and marauders while balancing legal and illicit activities. - *Victory condition* First player to complete story goals wins. Firefly: The Game, based on Joss Whedon's series, is a high-end thematic tabletop board game from Gale Force Nine set in the 'Verse. Players captain their own Firefly-class transport ships, starting with a vessel and handpicking crews of fighters, mechanics, and travelers. Desperate for work, captains take any paying job via cargo and job cards, some illegal and vulnerable to confiscation during Alliance boardings. Travel between planets requires expending "full burn" cards—one per space—with most neutral but others triggering hazardous events like Alliance ships, breakdowns, or Reaver attacks. Completing jobs yields cash for hiring crew, buying ship upgrades, and progressing toward victory. Double-dealing employers, heavy-handed patrols, and marauding Reavers heighten the tension, as players compete to be the first to achieve the story goals. ---